Interesting topic. I reckon there's another group Oldboar... the seasonal migrators. They go north for the winter every year, and stay in the same caravan park, often on the same site, for many years.

While I voted "long-term nomad", next year we'll only be short-term/holidayers.

Holidayer ATM but definitely a wannabe - looking to buy a coaster and hopefully head off in less than 2 years.
Don't want life to go too quick - but CAN'T Wait!
C U out there

I definitely belong in the first group 'cos I have been travelling that way for 3 years.     John

I think the word traveller must also be defined as we find ourselves perhaps crossing borders on your 'basic types'.....our home base is Port Lincoln S.A. which we left with 4WD and Jayco January 2010 and intend sometime in the future to return to......we stayed for a while at various places in S.A. and then Vic for various lengths of time... then rented home in Heathcote Vic area for 12 months.....then moved on to Bendigo Vic where we rented a home for 12 months and now we are at Eaglehawk Vic where we have been renting for past 12 months.
..We are still on the 'Big Lap' but it may be in a 10 year plan....are we even travellers?...itinerants perhaps....definitely grey and quite mad....I don't know, don't care, but we're having tons of fun doing whatever we are doing.....and we really learn a lot about each place we choose to stay for a while....still have 4WD and Heritage and little Pepe the Pooch, and do week type trips extending out from our temporary home bases....Grey Nomads are so diverse I feel that who among us really ticks a single box to describe our varied and less unique every year lifestyles?....Hoo Roo

-- Edited by Golddetectornomad on Thursday 7th of August 2014 09:40:30 PM

I come in the second catagory now but will be first one very soon.

To Golddetectornomad
That sounds sooooo good we've sold the house ordered the home waiting to buy the car then you won't see us for dust.
So I guess we belong to the not quiet there yet brigade
Cheers Chris and Jeff

Well I voted but have been back twice since to see what the latest results were showing, so I suppose there are others here that have done the same, won't make a lot of difference in the total of those viewing but not voting, but does need to be taken into account (say multiply votes by a number?)   In my case add 3 views (includes one vote) but will do a few more later to see the latest results.

PS:   Have been a long term traveller in the past (several trips around the block), but now do only short term.

-- Edited by Vic41 on Friday 8th of August 2014 10:31:08 PM

When we first retired, would have been in the second category. Were full time on the road, but we still had a house that was occupied by others, to eventually return to. That happened sooner than we wanted, after only 3 years on the road, because the family members in the house moved out - and we still had pets there to be looked after.
So then, with the aid of house sitters, we managed to reamin in the second group - doing trips of 5-9 months each year.
Now trying hard, despite assorted health issues, to stay in category 3 - 1 to 4 months away each year. Did it last year. Not likely this year, unfortunately.
Might get a run in the very short term group, between now and Xmas, if this sandfly bite turned leg ulcer ever heals!
Roll on 2015 and - hopefully - back to being a short term nomad............

baute............So maybe there is a new category gypsy with no long term fixed address. Question is: is a nomad a gypsy or is a gypsy a nomad?

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 Good question baute, I don't know if it is the right answer, but my interpretation would be that Gypsies have no home abode and travel as they need to, but tend to do this in family groups full time on the road without parting company at any time.

So I guess as you travel alone full time that would make you a true Nomad IMHO 

This definition has a formal and informal explanation, seems like you can also be "nomadic" too;

https://www.google.com.au/#q=Gypsy+definition 

NB:  Understand about the discrepancy Darrel, members have nothing to lose by voting and it doesn't identify them so if members view why not vote.   Perhaps another category as you said might be the way to go, like "don't qualify to vote yet or anymore"

-- Edited by Vic41 on Sunday 10th of August 2014 03:33:37 PM

I'ts not my thread KT, but I think the thread poster (Old Boar) was wondering from the number of views of the thread why the majority didn't vote, only viewed.

What I was saying (of the majority that only viewed) was if you are going to the trouble of viewing and you have an RV then you may as well vote too, it would give a better picture.  

If some can't vote because they aren't registered members, then I would encourage them to join, it cost nothing and you don't have to own an RV to be a member, just have an interest in the RV lifestyle.

-- Edited by Vic41 on Monday 11th of August 2014 03:54:22 PM